The charge relates to an incident at the site of the former golf course in Birmingham.

Warwickshire and England batsman Ian Bell is signed by Pakistan Super League champions Islamabad United.

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport

Coventry Blaze have a rare midweek game this evening, at home to Guildford Flames.

The two teams are tied on 20 points in the Elite League, after 17 games and face-off is at 19:30.

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The game was originally scheduled to be played last week, but was moved to allow it to be shown on TV.

Officers carried out early morning raids at several addresses following a spate of burglaries.

A police officer has denied a charge of racially aggravated wounding after a police dog bit the leg of a man who was with a group of travellers.

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The man needed surgery after the attack at North Worcestershire Golf Course, Northfield, Birmingham, in 2017.

PC Paul Birch, 50, has also been accused of unlawfully and maliciously causing grievous bodily harm.

Today, the West Midlands Police officer appeared at Birmingham Magistrates' Court, pleaded not guilty and was given bail to next appear at Birmingham Crown Court next month.

BBC Weather Watchers

Snow is falling all over the West Midlands now, not just in the hills.

These photos were taken by BBC Weather Watchers this lunchtime at Lickey End in Worcestershire (top) and Dudley (below).

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Councils in Staffordshire and Shropshire said gritters would be out tonight as temperatures drop.

Two people were robbed at knife-point in Kidderminster last night

West Mercia Police says officers were called to Radford Avenue at around 21:40, following reports that two men wearing dark hooded clothing had attacked a man and a woman who were working at a local business.

They got away with a quantity of money.

The family of a Coventry man who died after being knocked down by a car on Sunday night say the last time they saw him, he was talking about the darker nights and that it wasn't safe to ride his bicycle.

Kerry Wester, who was 58, was described as a man with a passion for painting model figures, and who would walk or cycle into the city centre every day.

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He died in hospital on Monday - a 29-year-old man who was arrested after the collision on Binley Road has been released while investigations continue.

Shropshire Star

Here are three stories from the Shropshire Star today:

• Rail operators apologise for delayed and cancelled trains, external
• Crews tackle fire at commercial property, external
• Comic Jim urges Gus to end his Newport protest, external

A man has admitted firearms offences after a gun smuggling investigation that saw US Homeland Security tip off local police in Shropshire.

West Mercia Police said officers raided the home of Keiran Prime on Oswald Road in September after the US Postal Service inspected a parcel and discovered a firearm and ammunition inside it.

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The 21-year-old pleaded guilty on Friday to possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and possessing ammunition without a certificate.

He is due to be sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on 14 December.

West Mercia Police said no further action was taken against a woman who was arrested at the same time as Prime.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Herefordshire Council is going to spend £120,000 to draw up plans for the redevelopment of the Edgar Street stadium - the home of Hereford FC.

The authority owns the ground and has leased it to the football club, but wants to improve the Blackfriars and West stands.

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The council is also looking at the potential for small shops and accommodation on the site.

Supporters of the Falklands War veteran Gus Hales have set up camp in Newport, to help him in his protest against his treatment by a mental health charity.

Mr Hales started a hunger strike outside the offices of Combat Stress, complaining about the way he was discharged in 2015, but was taken ill after 18 days and had to go to hospital on Sunday.

While he was unable to protest, supporters like former Warrant Officer Barry Shepherd (pictured above) have been taking it in turns to sit in the camp chair he set up and have erected tents to provide food and warmth.

Mr Hales is expected to take up his protest again this afternoon.

Combat Stress has apologised to him and said there would be a review of its discharge process, but he is demanding an independent review.

Worcestershire all-rounder Wayne Parnell - a key part of the county's 2018 T20 Blast winning team - is to play in the Pakistan Super League in February and March.

He will be in the same Islamabad United team as England internationals Ian Bell (Bears) and Samit Patel (Notts).

After his short-term deal with the Pears last summer, Parnell (below, right) signed up in September to return to New Road on a three-year Kolpak deal. But that means he is no longer qualified to play international cricket.

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It will be an 11th T20 club on his worldwide travels for Parnell, who has also previously played in the West Indies, South Africa, India, Wales, Afghanistan and England for Barbados Tridents, external, Cape Cobras, external, Delhi Daredevils, external, Glamorgan, external, Kabul Zwanan, external, Kent, external, Pune Warriors, external, Sussex, external, and Warriors, external.

Worcestershire also have next season’s other main overseas signing, Australian Callum Ferguson, playing T20 in the Big Bash in his home country for Sydney Thunder, which begins in December.

Cambrian Sovereign built park and leisure homes for domestic and commercial clients in Porthmadog.

BBC Business News

The UK's best-paid boss, co-founder of Stoke-on-Trent-based online gambling firm Bet365 Denise Coates, has just received another bumper pay rise.

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The firm's accounts , externalshow compensation for the firm's "highest paid director" rising to £265m including dividends.

That was £48m higher than the total she received last year, as the popularity of online gambling continues to grow - and includes a £21m rise in her basic pay.

However the industry is facing mounting criticism for not doing enough to deal with problem gambling and addiction.

The group also owns Stoke City Football Club, which made a pre-tax loss of £30m.

Coventry Live

Here are three of the main stories from Coventry Live today:

• Incredible headline act for summer music festival, external
• Woman arrested over Coventry double murder, external
• Funding to create West Midlands construction hubs, external

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Carl Jackson

A massive development in Birmingham city centre has run out of money and needs £50m to continue, it's been revealed.

The Paradise project includes 10 new office buildings, a hotel, shops and public spaces between Centenary Square and Victoria Square.

Birmingham City Council and the local enterprise partnership (LEP) originally agreed to £87.8m worth of funding to pay for demolition and infrastructure works.

The overall project is valued at £700m, with construction funded separately by the private sector.

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The city council's audit committee was told this week, external that issues, including the collapse of Carillion and an inflation of construction costs, means there's currently no budget for the second phase of the infrastructure works.

Councillors were also told the authority's leader and director of finance only became aware of the issues earlier this year and that there had been a breakdown in communication between builders, the council and the LEP.

The committee was told the LEP has taken over the running of the scheme from the council and talks are ongoing with them about finding the £50m.

BBC News England

An artist who was inundated with requests for free pieces is rapidly earning a reputation for his "really bad drawings" .

Jon Arton is a photo-realist artist from Birmingham, but rather than giving away his artwork he started to respond to requests for free sketches by sending people "childlike" scribbles.

As his doodles became more and more popular, he saw an opportunity to raise money for charity and now sends the drawings to fans who make a donation to Birmingham Children's Hospital.

So far he has raised more than £1,500.

Former Shrewsbury Town number two Chris Doig is a contender for the manager's job at the Meadow, reports BBC Shropshire.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

Double yellow lines are being painted on some residential streets in the South Wye area of Hereford in a bid to stop them being used as commuter car parks.

Residents permits are also being brought in on streets near the Belmont Island and off the A49 and A465 after people complained that they were struggling to get in and out of their homes.

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Almost 2,600 households were surveyed before the changes were decided and the new restrictions come into place on 3 December.